New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-10
A Busy WEEK. AT THE UNIVERSITY.
PROGRAMME FOR THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
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PROGRAMME FOR TIE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
MANY GIFTS TO TIE INSTITUTION.
Slowly but surely the University of the City of Ne~
York IS adding Yeas TO knowledge. and next
Thursday evening she vii! celebrate her iiityffth
annual commenc cement IN the Academy OF Music Ihs
exerc ses viii be ~ follows Valedictory oraion. W.
F. Campbell who leads his class salutatory GRAFTON
g. n Townsend. who stands second scientific orr
tion A. n. Cameron philosophical oration 4. D.
Wolf; English oratlons W. b. Adams, Charles Sutton.
a d. Youn2 and T.. s. ). KILN.
Tho Pey DIR. John Hail. oh ,ncellor of the uniyer.
stv. will sail tomorrow for Europe. where he vii
speud the SUNNI, r, and ceChancellor Henry N.
MacCraclen will preside. The exercises Of the com.
,ncpceopept week were begun las; night. when the
senior clqss ate their last d.nuer together uue.-
graduates This evening the literary societies Of tho
University will hold their annual rednion, and 10.
marrow evening the Illumination Will take place 20
the college buildings. On Sunday c;enihg the Eeg.
DR.. Howard Crosby, ex-chanceilor OF the university
will preach the baccalaureate sermon To the gralat-
jnp class in the Uniyeesity tlace Presbyterian
Church. On Monday evening ne ci"~s-day exercises
will be held In the Asoury MeihodHt EW'copal
Church in Washington Square Ou Tuesday eyenil,
the fraternity reunions III take place OF Ihur.Iay
evening the commencement exercise, and on Friday
evening the alumni will hold their meeting Tie cas-
Of 80 will eat their fret reunion dinner Il elnoncos
on Wednesday eyning. Assembly man crosby VS.
exeeted g. deliver the annual oration before Gle hi
B.tA Kappa society this year Dat OWING u us "0ik
M Albany The Grafton will be omitted.
nnai examination by dinners. The class ~ - a's %
MartincIlPs on Wednesday evening Last NIGHTS ate
a. Is ss sns plSse w ~t r G. McceSn J. " Ats
F. Z. Vance; w. p. Harrington j. o. Macheff}. d. q;
j. O, Craner The class had thelr dinner al Dior.
cliffs last night g. D. IoEnsend, the Pie'tn o. nc
acted IS tOasmastcr. kesp0noesi were maze ~ y" +.
Campbell, W. a. Adams, e. sgtton a; H. Cameron ~ D.
Sktllen The 80 also met at Morclis A. H. hlhE,
the president OF the class, acted toastas ter aud tho
wera W. A. I. II.
Kelley, g. A. Disbrow, J. W Dickson II. h SAKE j. n
Vice Chancellor MacCracken told TmRrNH re.
porter yesterday that prominnet among The ""'nt
gifts TO the university was an oil portrait "i hch"id
ii. Bu who was the professor OF engineering .0f
thrty-three years and accompanying H." portrait vac
giit of 5000 tor cstaDl snng scho.at-lp- lh ite
graduate department. git Of TJ'''" o De- ut
from the WI OF samuel Jarvis Dennis. has also u'n
received. ana several hundred vouics toI the i.'iy
from tho widow OF the Rcy. Or. Charles W baii ot
Rive y. l. Three unsolicited checks Tor 500 .'1
have followed one another closely. al for the t
In speaking OF The improvement that VII ue make l
the university, Dr Nact racken -1ld " y new 3D. 1887
laboratory is 70 bee fitted up under TIE present ch'n-
ical laboratory, and 100000 D. benz eN pended li""
our different laboratories. while te faculty OF .i'
Department Of Medicine report that tLey are -lon1r7
$4,000 more Ia ntucg az additions ~ The uulid-
ipgs. new assistant professor VIII % app' n'"h 10
our chemical laboratory. but no Othr. changes are
contemplated IN TIE faculty of the college
Oar course OF graduate nstru-, on. VII ch hes
been sort Of experiment thus tar. hs proved -n''
ce--tul that will he great enl r'"d ana VA, ~
a courss IN compnratyc religion, los DR.. +. }. Linn
wood "A courre In AnIO-SaXon. by Professor " !.
Houghton, and ono iu sociology. ~ Professor J. J.
RUSSELL The council has e-ta .i-hed a now >tdfAiHE
Committee 20 promote the work ~ graduate inshuc.
tion and Elliott =. shepard hds given 500 tovtd
the worK lu tnat department. our Noaoat morning
GESTURE course has been great success, and SIM r
one Will jc given 10 the lalL Anon. the -prakcrs
will be Jr. Philip Sclan. Of ,he Union neo ',.sfl
Seminary; General Wager S"ayn,. the Rev. Or. Park
hurst Tie hey. Dr. Rodcrick Terry, the Rev. ~.
George alexander. tie Rev. Or W. W. Taylor 10
Rev. ~ l.. l.. Chamberlain and The Rev. Dr. \ j..
Thompson / shall spend my GUNNER % I'D" Gie'1
Mountains uut snail return tIe city Co Dee here nlf-
iu, the wrea when the American society 10. to
Advancement OF Science meets in August.